[opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:26:30 -0800
Local news is an identity matter for TV stations. Don't have local news?
You don't have an identity.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Barry
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:44 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB
>
> Maybe somebody can tell me why local news is mostly associated with
> local broadcast stations? Is that just a legacy?
>
> It would seem there would be a greater economy of scale if local news
> was franchised or done by independents and then sold non-exclusively
> (without ads) to anyone who wanted to broadcast it, including the local
> broadcasters who were reluctantly forced to carry local news, the local
> cable companies if they wanted it, and the national or world news
> networks whenever something of sufficient national interest was
> happening locally.
>
> Meanwhile, only the bigger stations competing for #1 in ratings would
> bother to have their own exclusive local news team.
>
> It hardly seems profitable for most smaller stations to spend much
> competing on local news if they aren't one of the top couple in their
> area.
>
> - Tom
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